When examining a novel based on a specific historical context, it is often difficult to separate fiction from fact, truth from artistic license. The outrage that greeted Kiran Desai'
Seminar (614): The Pursuit of Happiness
October 2010
The venerable New Delhi-based monthly journal's decision to devote an entire issue to Gross National Happiness came as a
A few years ago, this reviewer was discussing women's representation in the media at a course on gender. The session focused on the invisibility of women's
The tragedy of terrorism and conflict has served as a crucible for literary and artistic creativity throughout the ages and all over the world. So has it been in modern
Vishwajyoti Ghosh's Delhi is not restricted to the wide avenues near Akbar Road, nor to the exalted addresses of Defence Colony or Golf Links. Those parts of Delhi
The famine of 1866 decimated millions in Orissa. At that time, Oriya society was plagued by an apathetic colonial administration, fervent religious activism and Brahminical caste discrimination. Few were ready
Shame, Jean-Paul Sartre once wrote, is revolutionary. It makes you want to challenge established wisdom and force change. In Known Turf, a collection of Mumbai journalist Annie Zaidi'
Gardens of Lanka
photography by Luxshmanan Nadaraja
edited by Sarala Fernando
Wildlight Private Limited, 2009
Gardens have embellished Sri Lanka's landscape for more than two millennia, the ancient
History is, by and large, written by the victor. It is a tale of kings and queens, of their loves and conquests. Sahir Ludhianvi, in his celebrated poem 'Taj
The statistics are chilling. Over a span of 12 years – from 1997 to 2008 – almost two lakh farmers in India committed suicide. Equally well documented are the links between these
Mention the Indian Northeast and, for most, some searing images immediately come to mind. One of those, perhaps, is of a group of nude women protestors in front of the
Eloquence in Stone: The lithic saga of Sri Lanka
by Nihal Fernando & SinhaRajah Tammita-Delgoda
Studio Times, 2009
Sri Lanka's sheer diversity has proven a rich vein
